Forgery of school reports hurting city education quality

  Falsification of report cards to obtain admission into private schools in Kigali is listed as one of the major challenges hampering education quality.

Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Falsification of report cards to obtain admission into private schools in Kigali is listed as one of the major challenges hampering education quality. Speaking during an education workshop organised by Kigali City Council, an education activist from Power in Education, Lambert Gatera, a local civil society organisation, revealed that a recent survey indicated that over 100 students in various city schools used forged report cards to obtain admission. "The current poor performance of schools, especially private schools, is mostly caused by students who use forged academic papers to get admission to other schools and this is because majority of private schools are business-oriented instead of prioritising quality issues,” Gatera lamented.